Tech That Could Further Revolutionise Gaming

The next generation’s gaming technology is incredibly advanced: A far cry from our eight-bit past. We’ve gone from arcade cabinets to in-home consoles, from one-armed bandits to slot games online, eight-bit graphics to hyper-realism, chiptunes to orchestral music, and a world of intelligent AI in just a few decades. In short, today’s video games are vastly different from those of the past.

With billions of players and hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, video games have a bright future. Companies like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft continue to innovate in the game console area as the gaming industry evolves. In addition, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, all of which have gaming devices of their own, have flocked to the market.

Today, technology like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D graphics, as well as trends like streaming services and mobile gaming, are reshaping the future of video games. Innovative game consoles, mobile devices, and technology such as facial and voice recognition and gesture control are other drivers.

Today, we will look at what the next steps might be for the video gaming industry, to give you an insight into what the future could look like.

Brain Control

Facebook’s purchase of CTRL-Labs, a New York-based business that creates interfaces that allow users to operate computers with their minds, caught us off guard. But we shouldn’t be too surprised as Facebook seems to have its hands in most pies these days. According to the social media behemoth, this initiative intends to investigate new natural and intuitive methods of interacting with devices and technology.

So naturally, the news sparked some skepticism; it doesn’t seem prudent to let a firm that utilizes and controls our personal information in such a way, have full access to our brains. However, after the initial shock subsided, it was discovered that CTRL-Labs’ technologies were actually picking up on the delicate electrical impulses sent by the brain to the wrist muscles.

In any case, this financial boost (the purchase was for a billion dollars) will help advance this technology and bring us closer to the utopian ideal of altering the world simply by wishing to. It’s thrilling to think about what new video game experiences we’ll be able to have with this tech.

Self Learning

Game creators are developing new approaches such as reinforcement learning and pattern recognition, with the help of AI. These strategies will aid the game characters’ evolution by allowing them to self-learn their actions. When a person plays a game in an AI setting, they will notice a significant change. Games will become more intriguing with AI. To fit their needs, a player might dispose of or slow down the game. Characters will be heard, even chatting, in the same way as people do. The player will be influenced by the general accessibility, intellect, and visual attractiveness. Some real-world applications of these ideas can currently be found in games such as The Sims and FEAR.

Further VR Improvements

Virtual reality is one of the technologies with the most promising future growth prospects. According to IDC Research’s latest projections, investment in VR and AR could more than double this year, hitting 15.5 billion euros by 2022. In addition, the technology will be essential to enterprises’ digital transformation goals, and their spending in this area will exceed that of the consumer sector. By 2022, it is estimated that more than half of the bigger European enterprises will have implemented a VR and AR strategy.

In today’s market, people are looking for applications beyond leisure, tourism, or marketing and are more cost-effective. Virtual interfaces must also be enhanced to eliminate flaws like clipping, which causes solid objects to appear as if they may be passed through. Interfaces will also need to reduce the negative impacts that VR has on humans, such as motion sickness, which is dizziness caused by a mismatch between our body’s movement and what we see in the virtual world. The major technology companies are already developing headsets that would allow users to view images in high definition. In addition, they’re working on Virtual Reality headsets that have 8K resolution and have significantly more powerful processors.

Gaming On the Go

Mobile and cloud-based gaming – called gaming on the go – is perhaps one of the most evident commercial booms that digital technology has permitted. We’ve gone from playing the very basic (but oh-so-entertaining) Snake as lone players, to engaging in Fortnite combat with gamers on the other side of the earth via our mobile phones, as smartphone technology has evolved. Gaming apps are everywhere, ranging from casual shooters to RPGs and MMORPGs. The need for high-performance hardware to play them has prompted prominent manufacturers to introduce their own lines of dedicated premium gaming phones.

But, there’s more to mobile gaming than that. During the next decade, the rise of cloud-based technologies is likely to push things even further. Unfortunately, we’ve lost track of how many developments have been hailed as true game-changers in the mobile market. Still, cloud gaming will undoubtedly be welcomed by ardent mobile gamers who place a premium on performance.

Josh Linus
Josh Linus
Josh can talk films for hours on end, discussing the really good cinema, the really bad, and anything in between. He enjoys everything - from epic fantasies to horror, from rom-coms to crime and action thrillers, from sci-fi to musical dramas.
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